Lake after its engines failed shortly after takeoff at Bolling Air Force Base. Neither Smith nor the four enlisted men traveling with him were injured. The body of a male transvestite, still wearing women's clothing, was found in Kingman Lake in July 1944. An investigation and autopsy revealed that the man committed suicide after leaping off Benning Bridge where it crossed the lake. Four teenage boys drowned in Kingman Lake in June 1951 after a high-speed police chase. The four had stolen several cakes from a local bakery and were attempting to flee from police in a stolen vehicle. The driver lost control of the automobile, which plunged from Benning Bridge into Kingman Lake. A seven-year-old boy, which the local media dubbed the "Cold Crusoe" (after the fictional shipwrecked character of Robinson Crusoe), was rescued from Island No. 3 in Kingman Lake in February 1956. The boy allegedly swam to the island using a log as a raft. With no sign of a boat, police believed the boy had drowned. After several days, the police finally located the child (who revealed how he got to the island). A 13-year-old boy in a stolen automobile plunged into Kingman Lake in 1959 while being chased by police. The boy later said he had no idea the lake was there. See also List of lakes in the Washington, D.C. area Footnotes Bibliography Abrams, Brett L. Capital Sporting Grounds: A History of Stadium and Ballpark Construction in Washington, D.C. Jefferson, N.C.: Mcfarland, 2008. "Acreage Set Aside For Needy Gardens." Washington Post. March 25, 1933. "Anacostia Park to Have A Lake." Washington Post. August 18, 1920. "Anacostia Yields Body of Woman." Washington Post. December 9, 1952. "Another Aquatic Mecca Is Due In Near Future." Washington Post. July 30, 1916. "Body Found in Lake." Washington Post. September 18, 1964. "Body of C.C. Crone Found Afloat in Lake." Washington Post. May 14, 1949. "Body of Youth Found in River." Washington Post. August 5, 1975. "Boy Celebrating 14th Birthday Drowns in Lake." Washington Post. June 20, 1940. "Boy Drowns As 3 Pals Wait." Washington Post. May 1, 1958. "Boy Drowns; Fifth Violent Family Death." Washington Post. June 2, 1949. "Boy, 9, Believed Drowned in Kingman Lake." Washington Post. September 18, 1948. "Boy of 10 Drowns In Lake Kingman." Washington Post. May 18, 1943. "Brig. Gen. Smith, 5 Others Have Close Call When Plane Crash-Lands in Anacostia River." Washington